It was fierce. these pictures from northern ireland. northern ireland, meanwhile, recorded its highest—ever temperature — 31.2 degrees celsius at ballywatticock in county down. and please do send us your pictures of how you spent the hottest day of the year so far. these are just some of the pictures i took. nothing more satisfying than getting the white sheets on the line. and there is henry. yeah, that was before the paddling. it was quite a long day. we did have a lounge in the paddling pool and cooled off. your day was quite different to my. i mean, it looks lovely. that your day was q...